Wussy Boy returns!
“Heroes” is starting up again which is cool…kinda. They really need to pick a storyline and stick with it. Season 2 was a mess and the writers strike really didn’t help it out any. With any luck they can calm down a little and get to business otherwise I’m just going to have to give up on this show.
Guess which drink the girl’s drinking?
Here’s a hint, it’s not the one you might think. I’m out with Rodric and Pennie for a little faux mexican at El Jefe’s. Pennie’s in town for the week doing some work so we met up for some dinner and catching up. I still have a chainmail skirt for her which I just want to get done. It’s been a fun project but her absence as -really- made it go slower than I’d want. You can see what I’m talking about waaaay back on the very first page of this blog. That’s a long time of this little pile of metal staring at me and laughing as it defeats me.
Thank you Vanna
So we spent the day shopping for a TV for Ma. If you have dreams of buying a big fat chunk of glass TV for < $300, kiss those dreams good-bye. You can now buy an LCD, a plasma, or you can make shadow puppets on a blank wall. This wouldn't be so bad if they weren't all forced to 16:9 aspect ratio when 98.9% of everyone still watched standard 4:3 signals off of their cable. It's not the end of the world for someone like me. I can swap aspect ratios by second nature if I have to but most people would by confused by most of what I just said and that's means they're going to get some sub-standard setups. Maybe it will get better once all the networks are forced to HD next year but, somehow, I don't think so.
It wasn’t all for naught though. I hooked it up, automated everything I could, explained to Ma the things I couldn’t and she’s set and it looks pretty good for TV and amazing if you’re watching a DVD.
Good Friday fun!
’tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day, haaarrrr! It’s also Friday and the beginning of the weekend. It’s been one of those really subversively intense weeks. Not crazy deadlines or really late nights but instead just a really steady pressure to wear us all down. As of 2 hours and 6 minutes ago, however, that pressure is relieved until Monday. Here’s a funny story about today. I walked around all day with a pirate scarf upon me head and a big gold hoop in me ear and got neither more nor less weird looks on my appearance on this day than I do on any other regular day. I’m not sure I know how I feel about that…
So many choices
I feel like some wine tonight so I’m going to dig through some of the ones I brought back from the trip and have a relaxing glass or two while I read. I have TV to watch but I think I’ll just let it sit and pursue a more mental/low tech path tonight.
Editing picture fun
I’m editing the final day of vacation pictures and getting ready to go bowling. This little number is a visual representation of the bataan death march to this phantom bookstore we took while we were in San Francisco. To see the rest of the photos head on over to
New TV
I’ve started watching “Bones”. I’ve kind of been jonesing for some TV instead of movies while doing chainmail stuff at night and this seems like it will fit the ticket. The problem is that I’ve watched all the semi-crap movies and ones without subtitles and all I have left are ones that I really should pay attention to, so “Bones” it is. It’s not a really great show at the moment but I have a feeling it must get better since it’s been on for 3 years.
